See Also: BILL OF DEBT, BILL OBLIGATORY, contracts(law)
Bill(dictionary)
Due bill(money)
NO BILL(law)
Bill:(law)
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Due bill(finance)
DUE-BILL(law)
Old Bill(dictionary)
Bill, Max(encyclopedia)

bill(2) (iou)



bill noun2.
[Old English bile, of unkn. origin.]
A bird's beak, esp. when slender, flattened, or weak, and in pigeons and web-footed birds. OE.
b. The muzzle of a platypus. M19.
A beaklike projection; spec. a narrow promontory, as in Portland Bill. LME.
Nautical. The point of an anchor-fluke. M18.
Comb.: billfish (a) any of various large marine game-fishes of the family Istiophoridae, with long spearlike upper jaws, comprising the sailfish, marlins, and spearfishes; (b) = GARFISH; (c) = SAURY.
billed adjective having a bill (usu. as 2nd elem. of combs., as
broad-billed,
soft-billed, etc.) LME.